Privatization hampers Medicare

3:15 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Written by

Jack
Burgess

I almost didn't write this column. I don't want to seem ungrateful, or critical of the nurses and doctors who have provided health care for me and my family through a variety of illnesses.

But after another recent bizarre incident with one of the private companies that administers the drug program for the teachers retirement system and Medicare, there's a story here that needs to be told. Put simply, for all the nonsense we hear about business being more efficient than government, it just isn't so.

I got a letter from the company in question saying, "Please contact our Member Services ...